The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

ROAYL ITALIAN Covent -garden. Positively the Last Week but One. Extra Night. Adelina Patti; Signor Ronconi, Signor Ciampi, and Signor 3lario. TIIIS EVENING (Monday), July 18 (positively for the last time this season), Rossini's Opera, in two acts, IL BARBIERE Di SiVItiLIA. Rosins, 31dile. Adelina Patti ; Bertha, Madame Tagiiatico ; Figaro, Signor Ronconi ; Bartolo, Signor Ciampi ; Basilio, Signor Tagliafico ; norello, Signor Polonini ; Sargente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre ta Is, 10s. 3d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-offic3 under the portico of the theaire, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'ltaiTer:y, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, the new pray by John Oxenford, Esi , THE MONA STEitY OP S JUS r : Messrs. Vining, 11. Mars toe, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, 11. Mellon, W. Robins, Seyton, hapman ; Mrs. H. Marston, and 3ldlle. tells Lolas. NTHEATRE -R.O YAL, ADELPIII. bolo Proprietor and Xanao - er, Mr. B. Webster. TITIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mr. Billing - ton. Aft e r which, JANET PRIDE Messrs. B. 'Webster, J. L. 7 oole, P. Bedford, taart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Wolg - ar, Miss Denman. Followed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, t. Bedford, at. llomerMiss Woolgar, and Id.ro. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of those ce:ebrsxed and popular artistes, Mr. ani Airs. Charles Mathews. by F. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled FAUSTProduction of an enti rely new original Travestie of a ver y popular subject. Ai , iD MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Denson and Sons ; the incidental itadet by Oscar Byrne. Amongst the artists Webster, engaged will be found the popular names of M. Benjamin Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank ord, M a tthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul tr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Bedf Miss Herbert,-Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, MiS3 Patti Josephs, Aliso Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY at 7, A SHEEP 'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, V Mr. J. Llarke, lN and Mr. WOLF F. Rubinson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE : Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. IL Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberlains, and Mrs, C. Mathews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank 3latnews, Mr. Ash ey, ➢Miss Wentworth. GOODWOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the bast at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. OPERA and RACE GLASSES. Field and Yacht Glasses, in every varlet y of size, form, and mounting, matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness of definition. _Price, from • 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic lenses made by Veigtlander, Vicuna. Field glasses mace expressly for India. warranted to withstand the g:eatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales , though of the largest size, weigh but a few ounces. COUNTRY awl SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of :,Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING SILK DREISS, suitable for the country and seaside, and at the ciearing-Out pace of only £1 lls. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 231, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r; sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far greater per-centare. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispome of on favour able terms • but the same qualities will naturally la,: more Co3tly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 235. per ton. I D ou ble 20s. per ton. Top 22g . >I Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. 911 LIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," _IL Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, cam be had Every Evening of U. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 18, 1864. Tll - 21tMCMETER. This day at Two o'clock Barometer-39.01. WIND —N.E.; light breeze and very warm. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEETS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lh. 20m. rca-Efozzow.-Morning, lh. 45m.—Afternoo . n, 2h. Bm. • . 'W_Vt . LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1864. The do .nothing system in politics turns out, after all, to be by far the best. Never mind what you came in for. Forget it. Undertake, when once you are in, to do anything but that. Supposing, for example, just by way' of argument, that you came into office distinctly for the purpose of carrying triumphantly through both houses a really good Reform Bill. Shelve it—pat it aside altogether—that is, the notion of any Reform Bill at all. Supposing even (again, of course, purely for the sake of argument) that you have ousted your predecessors in office from power because the Reform Bill they could have carried, through bog:. Houses, if you would only have let them, was, when you came to look at it, really not by any means good enough. For your selves—when once you are comfortably settled down into your places—quietly cushion the whole subject, by submitting no Reforest Bill whatsoever to either Lords or Commons, no reform of any kind, partial or comprehensive, good, bad, or indifferent. Supposing the man of men amongst the whole of you had con trived to persuade people of all parties.botla in Parlia ment andout of it, that he at least, if no one elseamong our public men, was staunch to the backbone, to the core of his heart, through every fibre of his being, as the greatest of all living Leaders as a Reformer. Supposing this arch advocate among the champions of Reform had himself been the one to Place your opponents as mere would. be Reformers in a minority by moving a series o f cleverly contrived Abstract Resolutions. Let him as the sequel to those R eso l ut i ons—on the ex. pnlaion from office of your before-m ent i oned worsted predecessors--let him, this arch-Champion of Re form, the staunchest of all staunch Reformers, be raised from the Commons to the Lords, be re warded with a bran new Earldom, be invested with the George of Diamonds and the blue.silk ribbon of the most noble Order of the Garter. And then, when hi s ow n career has been thus satisfactorily acco mplished--let him dry those eyes of his, fo r once and for all, those eyes that were wont to shed tears at the failure of his st abortive efforts as a Reformer. And let him hush up the babble of all those who would fain probably follow steadily in his f ootst e ps (as a Re former) by that Lot charming little axiom of hie, b , Rest and be thankful!" No m atter what invi- dious constructions may be put upon such prance.dings as these by some vexatious mal contents —Fay' no heed to them whatsoever. The course you have chosen may be mean—but it will sunned. Thus much in regard, to your rule of con. duct internally—that is, in respect to your wisest schemo for c arrying Cu safely the affairs o f th e GZVerrlraellt. Now for the best plan among alt conc;.livablo plans upon which to construct the foreign policy of the country, Wel!, in regard to that—.start, first of all, 'upon the die. tinct understanding, that you shall scrutinize and generally estimate all foreign questions from a purely commercial point of view. Never mind troubling yourself about the honour of the country —see what will pay —and wh a t wont. The honour will take care of itself—test perfectly well satisfied of that. True, you are nominally its custodians. But all that sort of thing has long ago become notoriously a mere pretence. The Age of Duelling has, however, long ago become no less undeniably a thing of the past than the age of Tournaments. Honour, forsooth !—while the lengths we ought to go upon that score might have been estimated pro• bably by the interval between the point and butt of a knight's spear—they are calculated far more accurately now-a-days by the calico printers' yard measure. And so—let it be understood now once for all—as the great guiding principle henceforth regulating our foreign policy, that the, power ofEngs land by sea and land shall never be manifested from this time forth, unless it is conclusively shown. that its manifestation is imperatively required by considerations of pounds, shillings, and pence. Let it affect merely what is called the National Honour —lndyou may confidently give it the go-by. Let it, on the contrary, but merely touch the National Pocket, and•—Have at you, one and all, vi et artnis, by sea and by land, horse, foot, and artillery. The deputation to Lord PALMERSTON from the Society for obtaining the cessation of hostilities in America is a satisfactory event, and may be regarded as a significant sign of the times. It is not likely that at this juncture any effort made on the part of her MAJESTY'S Government could stay the course of the war; but it seems strange that now, when in all probability the termination of the unhappy contest draws near, Lord PALMERSTON should speak in a somewhat different style from what he has adopted on previous occasions, when the question of the attitude this country should assume in the affair has been broached. The abject of the deputation was not to discuss the mat i ter politically, but to urge the plea of humanity, and state their opinion that it was considered by many that at present there was so much weariness of the war existing in America, that something might be done to put a period to its disastrous con tinaance. It was their belief that the Government might do good service to the cause of peace by using their influence with the Federal Government to pros mote the cessation of hostilities. It was further added that the restoration of the Union being per fectly impraoticabie, the prolongation of the war can only increase slaughter, and add to debt. It would have saved an incredible amount of euffering had the consciousness of this truth dawned upon the minds of many at an earlier period, but there are some lessons that can only be bought by expe rience. The details, of course, are but too well known concerning the war in America, but still the impressive manner in which some of the lead ing features of this most deplorable calamity are put before us by the members of the deputation must strike home to the minds of all who peruse them. This strife between the rival States will will stand out prominently in history, as among the most fearful visitations that have ever befallen humanity. It has been computed that the destruc tion to human life has been at the rate of ten thousand a week, or half a million a year. There was great force in the arguments used by Mr. SPENCE as to the benefits which would accrue if the termination of the war took place at the in stance of friendly mediation, instead of its termina• tion through the exhaustion of either side of the belligerents. Whichever succumbs the worst effects will be produced, and a state of unie vernal pewee can not be hoped for. The worst casualty would be if the South succumbed, because all the tyranny of the North would ride rampant over the subjugated soil, and it would, in all pro bability, prove that the Confederate States would be in a worse position than ever. There would also be great inconveniences if the North were compelled to desist in their attempts to bring the belligerent States into submission. They would become dis• united among themselves, and future efforts at legislation would be rendered difficult by the re criminations that would ensue, and the discontented spirit that would gain ground. It is impossible to study this subject in its details, and not arrive at the conclusion that great blame rests upon the Government for not doing something to stay the slaughter at an earlier stage, and to avert the dread ful sacrifice that has been made of life, and the irre trievable injuries done to commerce, It is not at all consistent with the position that we ought to hold among nations, to be told that an attempt at me diation would be fruitless, and our efforts to avert the evils that are so conspicuously apparent in this civil war would be of no avail. Lord PALMER STON in his reply gave his hearers a reasonable ground for supposing that the opinions of the Government had undergone some modifica tion on this subject, but he very carefully abstained from mentioning any precise time at which it might be expected that they would realise the long-wished-for attempt at a settlement of the difficulties that now distract the American conti nent. He gave as his chief reason that they might exasperate the North by so doing, and that " pre mature efforts" would do mere harm than good. It is really strange that the noble lord should charac terise any efforts that have yet to be made as " pre. mature." The term is not at all an appropriate one, and it is quite inconsistent to employ it. Still it must have been considered by the deputation as something gained that the noble lord did not reject their proposition as perfectly untenable. There is another circumstance which corroborates the notion that the tactics of Ministers are undergoing a change, and that is the feiot of Mr. MASON having had an " unofficial interview" with Lord PALMERSTON the other day, introduced by Mr. LINDSAY. Nothing definite took place in consequence, but still it is a move in the right direction, and it is not likely that the noble Premier would compromise himself by thus expressing himself if he did not intend to fulfil his promise. It will be a fortunate occurrence if the hopes of the deputation are realised, and some definite attempt is at last made to avert a calamity that seems almost too great to realise from its extent and magnitude, as well as from its pro longation. The progress which has been made in agriculture is one of the most remarkable of the many changsa of our times. It is, indeed, leen conspicuous in its action, and less astonishing in its results than many of the changes by which other trades or professions have been influenced. Bat if the adaptation of steam to farm implements produces less startling consequences than the rapid transmission of hun dreds of persons over land and sea against all opposing iufluences, the work which the giant does in the one case is no lees useful than in the other. If the discoveries in agricultural chemistry are at first sigiit less wonderful than th e e l ectr i c tele graph, tticY rosy' possibly prove to b e eventua l ly even more beneficial. The dying out of prejudice, under the influence of increasing and extending knowledge, has been one of the great victories of the p resent genera tion ; and, although it may be more indispensable to the welfare of a country that political, religious, and moral intolerance should be extinguished than that farmers should be induced to follow the most profitable method of working their farms, yet the importance of that improvement is not to be questioned. However valuable may be the rapid transmission of intelligence, or the increased faci lities for locomotion, yet the vacation of the farmer is after ail of primary importance, 11 the achieve. 111 E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1864. meats of skill and discoveries of human intelligence are useless unless those who design and those who profit by their labours are alike supplied with provisions of mother each. Agricultural chemistry may be less attractive as a study than the deeper and more imposing sciences of geology and astro nomy, or chemistry itself in its more enlarged ap plication, but the rapid advance made of late years in the production of food proves that it is at least a profitable study. For many a long day it was the fashion to regard farmers and agricultu rists generally as men behind the age, who obsti nately refused to move from the beaten track. But it is not so very long since the application of steam and other advantages were recommended, and already they are becoming popular. Agricultu rists of this day are no longer a class by theme selves, shut out from the general progress of en lightenment. As the rest of the world has advanced in knowledge and intelligence, they have advanced too, until there is no reason to fear that any scheme for the improvement of farms or farming stock will not obtain as fair a hearing as in any other profession. Much of this beneficial change has pro bably been due to the influence of agricultural shows and societies, which have brought men together from distant parts, to exchange opinions and expe rience, and to see with their own eyes practical proof of the advantages recommended to them. The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, which has been held during the past week, is one of these occasions, and it was in this instance pecu liarly interesting from the fact that it had not been held in that town for nearly twenty years. The meetings of the RayaPAgricultural Society are held yearly at different large towns throughout the country, and it is thus often a good many years be t ween the celebrations at any particular spot. In 1846 the first meeting of the society was held in the very town where they have been now assem bling, and the eighteen years that have elapsed since then have witnessed a degree of progress which would then have been scarcely credible. Some of the theories then in their infancy have now become the recognised practice of the day, such as the theory of deep drainage then just becoming known, which is now an established principle. Since 1846, too, the use of artificial manures has become general, and this has undoubtedly much to do with the improvement in our crops. The effect of steam-ploughing is as yet hardly to be seen, bat there can be no question of its beneficial result upon heavy clay land, and when it gets into more general use its influence will soon be apparent. At the trial last week some of the engines tried produced an astonishing effect, moving the soil to a great depth with wonderful rapidity, and leaving it thoroughly pulverised. No horse-power could have accomplished the same work. The special peculiarity of the steam-plough is the great depth to which it turns up the soil, a result of considerable . . importance hardly to be attained by other means. Altogether the trial, so far as as it Went, has tended to strengthen the favourable estimation in which these ploughs are already held, and will probably do much to remove the prejudice yet lingering in the minds of some against their:use. This is one of the advantages of such a gathering, and its members can look back with pride to the work accomplished since their meeting. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. IREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN, JULY 18. The extra steamer Sidon, which left New York on the afternoon of the 6th inst., was intercepted here this morning. Her news lass been fully anticipated by the Africa. CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 75 passengers, 1220 in specie, and precious stones to the value of 3,500r5. ; jewellery, 2,570r5.; musk, 1,800; coral, 1,000. She brings also a general cargo, including 1,204 bales of silk, which latter are estimated at the value of £115,000. _ On the 13th inst. the Poonah spoke the ship Patrician, of Newcastle ; on the 14th inst. the schooner Pride of the Isles; and on the 16th the steamer Peninsular. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50k; exchange on Paris, 5f 31c; Marseilles, 5f 32c; Madrid, at eight days, par. bag, owing to some rumour on board, he called the officer who gave it to him to examine it before send ing it on shore, when it was ascertained that it had been opened, the despatches taken out, blank paper substituted, and the bag resewed. The bsg originally contained the despatches from Admiral Pinzon to his Government and the private letters of the fleet. It has not transpired yet who the per petrators of the robbery are, but we presume an official investigation will:lead to an exposure of the guilty persons. For so far the purser is the re sponsible party, he having been entrusted with the bag, but his responsibility is merely to the company, and he may be able to show that he is entirely innocent of blame; but the company being respon sidle fcr the acts of their employes, will be held answerable by the parties directly interested, and no doubt the whole ES:sir will prove a very dis agreeable one to them. Royal Agricultural Show at Newcastle, The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at New castle-upon-Tyne, which commenced on Wednesday last, is one of the most successful that has been witnessed for some years, if due allowance be made for the locality and its dis tance iron the southern and central portions of the king aorn. rile show of stoCk is ono of surpassing excellence, and that of implements very little behind it. backed we may say that the display of the latter was equal to that of stock, taking into account the implements and machinery worked by steam power and used for the cultivation of the soil. The entries of implements and machinery were some what smaller than they were last year at Worcester, a fact easily accounted for by the great distance of Newcastle from the localities in which most of the manufacturers re side. Still most of the leading firms were represented at the show. The trial of steam implements naturally created a great sensation, and was witnessed by those who had a more than ordinary interest in it with considerable anxiety. The scene of the operations was on the farm of Mr Jamieson, Burton, near the town of Newcastle. The field was well chosen to test the working part of the implements. The competitors were Messrs Garrett and Son, Mr John Fowler, Messrs. Howard, Messrs Coleman, Mr Savory, Mr Collin son Hall, and Messrs Richardson. The latter, however, simply put in an appearance, but did not work. Lots were drawn for positions, and the ground was divided into an acre each, or thereabouts. This was on Tuesday, and the trial was simply a preliminary one, to try the paces and working powers of the implements. Still, it indicated in some measure the winner, and was watched with the utmost attention. The judges noted down every particular, and their award must depend upon several circumstances which do not come under the notice of the mere looker-on; such, for instance, as the consumption of fuel of each engine in doing its work, and wear and tear, the draught, the simpli city of construction and arrangement of each apparatus, and the ease and facility with which they can be managed by the ordinary man of the faro, besides others not neces sary to mention. In addition to the steam implements, there were 17 swing ploughs, 30 wheel plough; five eubsoil plough; and five dzggers, _ _ The judges of the steam ploughs are Messrs. C, S. Read, IL B. Caldwell, - Professor J. Coleman, F. Serburne, jun., and D. K. Clark, C.E. The judges of the horse ploughs are Messrs, T. P. Dod, E. Wortley, and T. P. Outhwaite. The show will be open to the public to-day, when the judges will award the prizes for live stock in the yard on Town Moor. NEWCASTLE, Sunday Evening. The trials of implements at Burton have been on a great scale. Splendid weather has set in, and the show opens to morrow with great attractions. A railway accident at Washington to the Scottish express from London proved disastrous to a staff of reporters engaged for the Newcastle Chronicle. Mr Clarke, the editor of the Christian Times, and three assistants with him, Messrs Clarke, Elliott, and Callingham, were cut, bruised, and disabled. Other re. porters have been telegraphed for to London, Mr Cowen at once placed the injured gentlemen under medical care, They are happily doing well, and have no limbs broken. Though more hurt than any other passseners, their friends need not be alarmed for their safety. THE HEALTH OF HIS HOLINESS.—We have re ceived letters from Rome, says the Monde, dated the 4th inst, The writer was an eye-witness of the follow ing circumstances, which occurred on that very day, and which is a fresh proof cf the perfect restoration of the health of our Holy Father the Pope. Mgr. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston, at the close of a private audience with which he had been favoured by the Sovereign Pointiff, requested end obtained permission to present to his Holiness several Americans who were desirous of obtaining the blessing of the Common Father of the faithful before leaving the Eternal City. Among them was Dr. Elisha Gregory, an eminent medical man of the town of St. Louis (Missouri';, a convert of some years' standing. The Bishop of Charles ton mentioned, while presenting him, the high position which the doctor occupies in his native town, and the Christian charity which ho practise there. His Holiness asked the doctor several questions, especially about his visits to the hospitals in Rome. Then holding out his arm, he said in the hearty tone which is so natural to him : " You are a doctor: feel my pulse." With a sang froid truly American, the doctor did so at once, and as carefully as if he had been among his ordinary patients. " The news papers tell me every day that I am at death's door ; what is your opinion, doctor ?" The latter was silent ; his head was bent, and though his countenance was calm, he seemed absorbed in deep thought. "I know," continued the Holy Father, "that I must die when God shall will it, but I don't feel exactly like dying at the present moment." At length the doctor raised his head : "normal condition I" said he, "that pulse is strong and betokens perfect health. There is not the least sign of malady." They, says our correspondent, who have had opportunities of observing the demeanour of the Holy Father during the long and tedious, ceremonies of the late season, or who have heard his voice, as full and as sonorous at the end as at the commencement or who have had the happiness of conversing with him it L private, will feel no astonishment at the reply of tie American doctor, and all who are devoted to Holy Chute) praise God for havini7 thwarted the desires and imßgial - ti.ollB of the CA treies of Qtu holy religion, FRANCE. BOURSE, July 16.—The market has been very inanimate, but prices well supported. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66t. 45c. Alobilier. which at first declined, now show a slight improve ment, being at 1,027 f. 50c, Railway Market quiet but firm. The market closed as follows: — Italian Loan 6B 05 Do. end month 63 30 Ditto Threes — New Mexican. Russian Austrian .. 81 Spani,di Threes.... home Debt Deferred (Airs. Cash. Account. 877 50 875 977 50 .. 976 25 900 897 50 4± per Cents. 94 10 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 45 Credit Mobilier 1032 50 Do. end month 1030 Bank Shares 3400 Credit Fancier 1225 Roman RAIL 1 Orleans ; ... Northern Lyons and kleditstranean New ditto Southern 645 .. 645 Western Ilastern Sardinian 355 —35 U Austrian Lon , bard North of Spain Saragossa — .. 528 75 Ditto to Barcelona DENMARK AND GERMANY, Some further correspondence relating to the Danish question has been published. The despatch of M. Monrad to M, de Bille, dated Copenhagen, June 28, has already been made public. The reply of the British Government to Bishop Mound's remarks is contained in the subjoined despatch, which will be read with ranch interest : EARL RUSSELL TO SIR A. PAGET. " Foreign Office, July 6, 1864. "Sir,—The Danish Envoy in London has'placed in my hands a despatch which he has received from Bishop Monrad, of which I send you a copy. "Her Majesty's Government sympathise with the King and people of Danmark in the severe trial which they have been obliged to undergo, Her Majesty's Government recognise the justice of many of the reproaches addressed by the Danish Government to the Powers which, having been parties to the Treaty of London, have departed from its provisions, and, under the guise of a Federal execution in Holstein and of a temporary occupation in Schleswig, have in effect subverted the authority of the King of Denmark in these two Duchies. " But it is of urgent importance to Denmark that the Danish Government should look their present situation in the face. When during the Conference the Danish plenipotentiaries declared to the pleni pntAntiaries of hprVinjo.ty that tha of proposed by the German Powers cduld not bt ac cepted byDenmark, her Majesty's plenipotentiaries felt obliged to ask them how the Danish Govern ment could expect better terms by war, "Accordingly, the possession of Duppel and of Mean—which the Prussian plenipotentiary, sup ported by the Austrian, proceed to recommend their Governments to leave to Denmark, if Denmark would at once accept a frontier line to the north of Flensburg—is now out of the question. A few days of war have dispelled all hope of the renewal of Count Bernstorff's proposal. " The latter part of Bishop Monrad's despatch ex presses the hope that the Powers which have shows so great an interest in favour of Denmark during the negotiations will not abandon her daring the war. " It is true that the neutral Powers,moved by an earnest desire to preserve the independence of Den mark, and by admiration of the gallant struggle made by a brave nation in so unequal a contest, have endeavoured most zealously to obtain for the Danish Government such terms of peace as the manifest superiority of Austria and Prussia in arms and the views entertained by Germany would allow. But I beg to remind the Government of Denmark that while her Alajesty's Government, in conjunc tion with the other neutral Powers, were unwilling to urge upon the Danish Government the accep tance of terms which that Government deemed in compatible with the safety and honour of Denmark, her Majesty's Government have never engaged themselves, nor can they now engage themselves, to support the Danish cause by force of arms, or to impose upon Germany the conditions suggested in Conference. " You will read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and give him a copy of it.—l am, &c. (Signed) RUSSELL. The Chincha Islands—Robbery of Despatches The Panama Star and Herald of June 21 con tains the following account of the robbery of de spatches sent from the Chincha Islands by Admiral Pinzon to the Spanish Government " Whoever the guilty parties may be, we cannot but look upon such a robbery as an exceedingly disgraceful one to those concerned in it, as it in volves innocent and uninterested peo ple, and sub jects them to most disagreeable accusations. Eine picion, we are told, rests on some of the passengers, who were said to be sent as spice by the Peruvian Government; bat we cannot believe that the Govern ment of Peru would resort to petty theft, either directly or indirectly, to effect such an object, and instead of believing that the robbers are emissaries of the. Government, we prefer thinking they are ad venturers, who hope to secure some such information as may be worth something to them hereafter. Whoever or whatever they are, we hope they will be discovered and punished, and that thus all blame will be taken off the in nocen t persons who are now responsible for the theft. We learn from M. de Zeltner, the French Consul at this port, that his despatch bag from the commanding cfficer of the French vessel of war at Valparaiso had also been opened on board, and that the usual official de spatches for his Government, the French admiral, and himself had been extracted, nothing being found in the bag by him but private letters, M. de Zeltnet exhibited this bag to the British Consul and the commander of the British ship-of-war De vastation, who both concur in the belief that the seal had been broken and the bag rifled of its con tents. A good deal of talk has occurred in our usually quiet city by the report that the despatch bag of the French Consul from the Spanish Squad ron at the Chinchas was b ro ken open and rifled of its contents on board the Panama Steam Navigation Company's steamer Chile. The facts connected with the affair, as far as we can learn, are as fol lows :—Whilst at Pisco an officer of the Spanish fleet gave a closed despatch bag to the commander of the Chile, requesting it to be delivered to the French Consul lit Panama. Capt. Sivell, as is usual in such cases, gave the bag to his p u rser, instructing him to place it in the safe, which he did, On arriving at Toboga, suspicions being entertained by the captain as to the sttfety of the LITERATURE. In the Silver Age : Essays, that is, Dispersed :Me ditations. By Holme Lee, author of "Maude Talbot," &c. Two vole. Smith and Elder. Novel readers have been indebted to Holme Lee for many pleasant stories, cleverly told, but the happiest effort of this charming authoress is the very delightful collection of essays and meditations on men and things now issued in two elegant volumes, entitled " The Silver Age." Often, says the authoress in her preface, while writing fictitious tales, she has felt an inward prompting to do some. thing better ; and here, in the " Silver Age," this " better" echievement is before us. It contains (adds ►he introductory comment) the experiences of a working woman's life, and let us add, also, the ex periences of a thoughtful mind and tenderly sensi tive nature. By the way of example, let us quote the following very observant remark— " Did we profit genuinely by the experience of other per sons, or even by our own, thought I, we should very early in life give up rejoicing or disquieting our hearts about what is unsure. But, as it is universal, no doubt that it is best that, like children, we should be driven to our imper fectly-conned lesson again and again; that we should have our smiles and our tears continually diverted by sudden shocks of surprise, and that still, like children, we should have courage left to make for ever new starts to repair false starts; while our capacity for hoping and fearing stays by us to the last throb of the pulse. Half our life is lived in the vain expectation or dread of what never comes to pass. Young, we lay cut long before us a pleasant story sunny-bright and flowery-gay with love, sympathy, and tenderness, which is to be our life-story ; later, we toil and vaguely trouble in prospect of a dreary volume of labour and care which we believe ourselves doomed to travel through ; and when we least dream it God writes an inexor ablefinis on the glowing page, and in a moment takes away the volume that wo thought too hard, and gives us quite another task and leaves us to it. By this time we might have learnt that all our planning and all our shying are less than nothing to Him who disposes—but have we ? I can not remember that I ever yet met man or woman so old, dull, or world-weary that he or she had not some ray of forlorn hope still held in front that the faint breath of life kept stirring; and beyond its doubtful attainment a scheme." One of the most charming chapters in the work is filled with tender reminiscences of the writer's mother, of whom the following touching little glimpse is given— " By greit sorrows the heart is protected against small ones, by the waterfall against the rain.' It must have been in this wise with my mother. She was not a woman of many words or of any complaints. What came was by God's perra'ssion, what went was by God's will. Ido not think she ever philosophised over the hardships of her life save in this simple Christian fashion; and though to the narrow world outside her home she might seem not to have so many causes of thankfulness, yet she was always thank ful. It is only ourselves that know what we have been spared. Happiness, she taught us, was not the main pur suit of life, but duty ; and her example wont even beyond her precept. To do her best and trust God for the result was her visible effort no less than it was her constant coun sel and consolation; and to the very last God redeemed the promises made to those who put their confidence in Him by maintaining in her a quiet heart," The revelation of the treasured hoards of the poor mother—little reminiscences of her children's lives, their early endeavours at letter writing, &c.—is very naturally and tenderly described. Fall of feeling and fall of wisdom, too, are the thoughtful recollections and fanciful imaginings of HOlin3 Lee, ..a thu •. Sllyrr r rUl glvu plBl3cire w mzuul readers. Holiday Papers. By Harry Jones, 31,A, One Vol. Pp. 431. Hardwicke. It was holiday work for the author to pen these very delightful essays, and it is asauredly holiday work to the reader to peruse them. They are con spicuous especially for the sound common sense by which every opinion is dictated, and by the quiet fund of humour by which every chapter is enlivened. As an example of both qualifications combined let us select at hazard the following happy descrip tion : POKING THE TIRE. Nothing can be more irritating than the feeble, incom plete way in which people poke their fires. I cannot bear to look at them: But I don't know which is worse, the indecisive "potter," or the ignorant, inartistic " smash " which batters down the pregnant covering of caked coal into black contusion, lotting the precious materials of a blaze escape unignited up the chimney. To stir a fire perfectly, requires the touch of a sculptor, the eye of an architect, and the wrist of a dentist. I never saw it done thoroughly well above a dozen titres in my life ; and although there are approximations more or less distant, within the reach of ordinary men, do not suppose that the process is a simple one, capable of being performed in a single operation. There is the tap, when the fire has eaten int) the heart of a big upper boulder-coal, and its opening ohinks require but a slight shock to part, and let the imprisoned flame spring forth. There is the lift, when the poker acts as a lever to the crust, and lots the rich loosened frag tnents drop into the red-hot cavern. There is the stir universal, when the mass has been left too long, and requires a thorough mixing. There is the ventilating poke, when the roof of the fabric has fallen heavily in, and the struggling flame has hardly power enough to overcome the incumbent mass, In th;s case the poker must be moved slowly, and left for a minute between the bars after the movement has been made. In contrast to all this is the procedure of a woman; who is thus defined by an Irish archbishop : "woman, a creature who does not reason, and who pokes the fire from the top." Here again is a capital sketch of THE DECISIVE NURSE. "The decisive nurse is never peremptory, never loud, She is distinct, it is truc—thore is nothing more aggravat. ing to a sick person than a whisper, but she is not loud. Though quiet, however, she never walks tip-toe; she never makes gestures ; all is open and above-board. She knows no diplomacy or finesse, and of course her shoes never creak. Her touch is steady and encouraging. She does not potter, She never blows her nose in a subdued, provokingly impd fect, and considerate sort of way, but honestly, and in a natural tone. She never looks at you sideways. You never catch her watching. She never slams the door, of course, but she never shuts it slowly, as if she were crack ing a nut in the hinge. She never talks behind it. She never peeps. She pokes the fire skilfully, with firm judi cious penetration. She caresses one kind of patient with genuine sympathy; she talks to another as if he were well. She is never in a hurry. She is worth her weight in gold, and has a healthy prejudice against physic, which, how ever, she knows at the right time how to conceal." Among the other essays are some very discrimi native remarks of different temperaments, the hesitating temper, &c., and altogether these holiday papers present us with a charming variety of wise and whimsical comments an matters of general interest and importance. TEE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE QUESTION.—The Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury have decided not to carry into effect at present the alterations in the rates of postage on letters addressed to the Australian colonies and to New Zealand, by packet and by private ship, which were ordered to take place on the Ist instant ; and a Treasury warrant has been issued reimposing the old rates of postage of 6d the cz letter, via Southampton; 101 the oz. letter, via Mar seilles ;6d the cz. letter by private ship. These rates must be paid in advance as heretofore.—By command of the Postmaster-General.—General Post-office, 16th July, 1564. GAME PROSPECTS.--WO are happy to say that all our reports coincide in the pleasing conclusion that the breeding season for all kinds of game has been the best we have had for the last four years. About the Cumnocks, Auchinlcck, Fenwick, Kilbirnie, West Kilbride, &c., all our reports concur that this will bo the best season since 1859. The coveys run from four to ten, and will average about seven, all well on the wing already and finely grown, and, if the present fine weather continues, will keep a re spectable distance from the sportsman on the 12th. In Wigtownshire our reports place the grouse in as favourable a light as in the north-east of Ayrshire.Ayr Advertiser. The Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife, is to have a statue in Paris, on the square before the Alma ,Uridge, DENMARK AND GERMANY, (From (he Special Correspondent of the Vines.) ELSINOItE, July 13. The announcement of the formation of a rea Cabinet, under the presidency of Count Carl Moltke, which was made in the semi-official organ, the Berlingske Tidende, on Sunday evening last, and which I communicated in my Mondsy's letter, turns out to have been premature. On the evening of the same Monday, after the departure of the mail, it was understood that the new President would be not M. Moltke, but M. Bluhme. The intelligence has since been steadily confirmed. This mere per. sonal modification, however, does not alter the tendencies of the new Council, which remains, as it was, the Peace Ministry. M. Moltke and M. Q uaade continue to be attached to the Cabinet as " Minis. ters without a portfolio," and will, it is said, with or without that title, go forth as diplomatic agents to the Courts of Berlin and Vienna, Paris, and London. 'Lie whole of the Danish nation, from the King to the last drummer iu the army, seems now fully aware that the war WAS a " mistake" from the beginning; a mistake arising, in January last, from an expectation of foreign support, which turned out to be fallacious; and grounded, in June, upon the necessity of breaking through the tram mels of neutral diplomacy, and joining issues with the enemy, so as to stand face to face with him alone. Denmark could hardly hope to swim out of the deep waters of her present difficulty so long as her hands were helplessly clinging to the broken reed of foreign mediation. Once more a free agent, Denmark may hope to obtain from the Germans a new truce bearing all the character of a real and per manent armistice ; an armistice either contracted for a specified term, say of nine months, or at least not to expire without one month's notice. It is ex pected that the terms of this new armistice will be on the part of the Austro-Prussians the evacua. Lion of Jutland and the release of the Danish prisoners of war; on the part of the Danes, the raising of the blockade, and the restitution of the captured German vessels. It would not be easy to say on what ground the hopes of the Danes for so advantageous a respite may rest. All that they seem positively to know is that they neither can nor will fight any more, and it is perhaps allowable to presume that war cannot go on on one side only, and that even Germans will be loth to strike where they meet with no re sistance : " Uomo interra,"as the old Italian saying is, " non fa piu guerra." There are other reasons, however, besides this somewhat blind trust in the magnanimity of what has been hitherto rather an ignoble foe, to induce a belief among the Danes—a belief that their situa tion is by no means so desperate as it may seem, and a hope that they may after all yet fall on their feet. I saw yesterday a gentleman of very high rank in this country, a gentleman brought through his connections into close intimacy with the Courts and Governments of Germany, and especially of Prussia. He bad seen M. von Biemark very lately, and had a higher opinion of that statesman's rectitude and moderation than the world at large is disposed to entertain. M. von Bismark, this gentleman says, does not conceal or disguise his desire that the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein should remain, as they now are, in Prussian hands. Could any amount of political skill or military strength enable that ultra-Conser. vative statesman to annex those provinces to the monarchy of Brandenburg, the material interests of his own State would be paramount with him over every other consideration but he sees enor mous difficulties in the attitude of foreign Powers, by no means re-assuring, in spite of the hesitation of long suffering England and of the ominous re ticence of designing France—difficulties in the dispo sition of mind of the SchleswigsHolsteiners, who give unequivocal signs of their aspirations to inde pendent existence, and of their stanch devotion to their proclaimed Duke. Sooner than allow either Angustenburg or Oldenburg, or any other idol of the people or minion of Russia to ascend the Ducal throne, M. von Bismark, his friends and admirers ever, would wish with all his heart, and would strive with all his might, to bring back the Duchies under tee atiegiance or Denmark. The Prussian Cabinet have not so good a reason to be satisfied with the behaviour of the minor German Princes as to evince any anxiety to add to their number, nor do the; feel a sympathy with the leaders of the Demo cratic party, the agitators moving Heaven and earth in the name of nationality, and threatening the peace of the country in the name of Vaterland, to wish to give them a rallying point, a natural chief and standard-bearer in Kiel, to accustom tha German people to look upon Schleswig-Holstein as their own handiwork, to identify it with their great re volutionary schemes, a monument of what united Germanism was able to achieve, and what it might hereafter aspire to. The Prince of Augustenburg always flattered himself he could rely on the goodwill of King Wil liam of Prussia ; but the King's favour will avail him but little without the good pleasure of the Prime Minister. It was not without reluctance, because with no hope of any immediate advantage for the Prussian Monarchy, that M. von Bismark allowed himself to be dragged by popular clamour into hostilities with Denmark. So long as the Eider- Danish Party lorded it over, and, as it were, " terrorised " Copenhagen, neutralising the peace ful intentions and the German sympathies of the Court, any good understanding betwen Denmark and Prussia was too plainly out of the question. But now all is changed ; the Prussian army, by its ex ploits at Missunde, at Dybbol, and Ala, has not so much defeated the Danish troops, R 8 it has routed the revolution both in Denmark and Germany ; it has secured in favour of the Prussian Prime Minis= ter the mastery of the situation. A Cabinet with such men as M. Moltke or M. Bluhme at its head comes into power with views professedly opposite to those of his predecessor. Had either of those two gentlemen held the supreme power in his hands instead of M. Hall or Bishop Monrad, there would either never have been a subject of collision between Germany and Denmark, or the latter would have so framed her policy as never to supply the former with a pretext for hostilities against her. What could not be done in 1862, or in September, November, or January last, may, the Danish friends of peace expect, be achieved at the present day. The Duchies of Schleswig•Holstein may return under Danish allegiance on conditions securing a perfect political as well as administrative autonomy in their favour. Danmark will desist from any of those denationalizing attempts which set her German subjects so strongly against her Government. The cause of nationality, as represented by the rabid EidereDanish party, will receive tcblow in Denmark which will by a corals/recoup be equally felt among the hair-brained demagogues in Vaterland. It Denmark chooses as leaders of her Government men according to M. von Bismark's own heart, the worst causes for the dissatisfaction of that mighty statesman against her fail to the ground ; a natural understanding, alliance and solidarity be tween the two anti -revolutionary Cabinets are esta blished ipso facto, and the stronger party can hardly do less in support of the weaker one than to enable it to hold its head above water, by the recovery of those Duchies, without which all government in Denmark, or indeed the very existence of the coun. try, would become an impossibility—those Duchies which Prussia does not well see how she Can keep for herself, and which the is equally unwilling to make over to an enfant gale of rampant demagogy or to a mere tool of Russian ambition. MALT FOR FEEDING CATTLE.—An experiment was concluded in Cumberland lest week which it interesting to farmers and others, as showing the feeding properties of malt and barley. On the 9th of April last eight Irish heifers, as near equal iu quality, size, and weight as it was possible to find them, wore fastened up in the pre mises of Mr Wyndham, brewer, Cockermouth, to fatten. Four of thesQ were fed upon barley and four upon equal measures of malt. The result at the end of 13 weeks was in favour of barley by 301 b upon the four, which sold for £6 10s. more money than those fed upon malt. The owner lost bo, per head by the experiment. It is rumoured that Mr Fechter intends to pro duce the "Lady of Lyons," and that he is looking for a lady to play Pauline to his Claude Melnotte. Ile has not at present accepted any country engagement. ;The London Review states that Mr. and Mrs. Wigan are looking out for some building in London which cal 3 ea§ilY IJe , oatverted into a oinoli and eielpat theatre, 674, 1 ,t. • . tll°Slibtl: HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 26J Prince and Princess Leiningen dined with her Majesty yesterday. Major-General Sir Henry Storks arrived at Os borne from London, and returned to-day. JULY 17. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Bea' trice, and Princess Louis of Hesse, went on board t he iron-cased ship Prince Consort, cif Osborne, yes" terday afternoon. The Queen embarked in the royal yacht Fairy et the Osborne pier, and was conveyed in the barge . from the Fairy to the Prince Consort, after inspect ing which her Majesty returned ashore in the same manner, The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant - General the Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General Seymour. Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal family. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena is confined to the house by an attack of scarlatina, but in a mild form, and all the symptoms attending the complaint are very satisfactory. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl borough House on Saturday, for the White Lodge, Richmond-park. Messrs. E. Emanuel, , of Portsmouth, had the honour of submitting, for the inspection of the Prince of Wales, the gold vase manufactured b 7 them for the Goodwood race meeting of the present year. The Prince and Princess of Wake have honoured Mr. Desanges with an inspection of the picture he is now painting of the royal wedding, and with sittings for their portraits. Accouchement of the Princess Coltilde, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, July 17 (Morning). The Princess Clotilde gave birth to a son last night at eleven o'clock. Marriage of the Marquis of Hastings au.4 Lady Florence Paget. Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, only daughter of the Marquis of Anglesey by his second marriage with Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir Charles Begot, was married on Saturday last at St George's Church, Hanover-square, to the Mar quis of Hastings. The marriage was a hurried and unexpected one—more particularly, it would appears to the connections of her ladyship, none of wheel were witnesses to the ceremony. The marriage took place by licence, the Rev. John Knipe, M,A , I curate of Wellesborne, Warwickshire, officiating. The bride was given away, in the absence of her noble father, by Capt. Frederick Granville, a mutual friend. Lady Edith Abney Hastings and Lad,' Bertha Clifton, sisters of the noble bridegrooms were present, together with Viscount Marsham, Mr and Mrs Frederick Granville, Miss Congreve, Mr Wilkinson, Mr F. J. Blake, &c. Mr Blake was the marquis's best friend on the occasion. The attesting witnesses to the marriage register were Lady Edith Maud Abney Hastings, Mr Fre° derick Granville, and Viscount Alarsham. After the ceremony the noble marquis and bride left town by special train for his ancestral seat , Dounington Park, near Ashby de La Zouch, Leis cestershire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale gave a grand dinner on Saturday even.. ing, at Orleans House, Twickenham, to meet their Royal tvgnuez. the Duk© and Duchess de Chartres, There were present to join the circle his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs Gladstone, Lady Molesworth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and LadY Charlotte Denison and Hon. Miss Ellis, Lord Houghton, Mr Panizzi, Mr and Mrs Holford, the Right Hon Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Mr and Mrs Morier, and Madlle. Duper - qui, in waiting on the Duke and Duchess de Chartres. Prince Paul Esterbazy left town on Saturday morning for Vienna. The Duke of Devonshire, accompanied by Lord Edward and Lady Louisa Cavendish, left Devonshire Houle on Friday for Chatsworth, Derbyshire. The Marquis de Salamanca, Monsieur Delahaute, and Monsieur Daugny have left the Clarendort Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury enter tained the Duke of Rutland, Lord and Lull Carington, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady Abinger, Lord and Lady R. Cecil, Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., and Mrs Disraeli, Major-General the Right Hon• George Forester, M.P., Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Mr Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., Mr and Hon. Mrs 'William Rose, and Miss S. Dashwood, at dinner on Saturday last, at the mansion in Stratford-place. THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.—The Seamen's Association at Drontheim, Christiansundt and Nalesund, in Norway and Sweden, have, through Atr W. Tottie, the Swedish Consul General, forwarded the handsome contribution of £59 13s to the National Lifeboat Institution, in admiration of the great and important ser vices which its lifeboats have occasionally rendered to their countrymen shipwrecked on the coasts of the United King' dom. Last winter the Southport lifeboat of the institution saved, during a very heavy gale of wind, 17 persons from the barque Tamworth, of Skien, Norway. LORD PALMERSTON, AS USUAL, OVERSET BY . VICTOR/ !—The congratulations of friends and foes which he received in state at his party on Saturday n ight have mounted into his brain, says a shrewd observer in the Spectator, and brought out again traces of that cavalier and contemptuous manner which contributed so much to his fall in 18:58. On Tuesday night, in answer to a question as to the bad faith of the Brazilian Government towards the emancipados, Lord Palmerston enumerated the twenty steps of the Brazilian circumlocution office, by which alone, the slave, after working out his 14 years' apprenticeship, can gain his freedom, and stigmatised the bad faith of thltt pro ceeding much as it deserved; but when Mr Seymour Fitz gerald, who, with Mr Bright, appears to regard all strong censure of foreign Powers, however much they may have deserved it, as menaces, remonstrated, Lord Palmerston put him down savagelyand blunderingly by regretting "be was so ignorant"—Mr S. Fitzgerald having caned forth this illogical snub by saying that he did not dispute Lord Palmerston's statement, Lord John Manners then took up the fight and wondered that Lord Palmerston should have quoted from an unofficial Brazilian paper after what the Ministry—we believe Mr Gladstone—had said in the late debate about " the ribald trash of the foreign press." Lord Palmerston then shied the blue book ,in which this newspaper extract had been embodied across the table to Lord John Manners in a huff, and altogether left an lin preision on the house that he had lost his head and his temper with his fears. THE CONVICT MUTINY AT PORTLAND PRISON.-' The feeling of insubordination among the convicts at the convict establishment here, in consequence of the in troduction of the new dietary system, still continues to be exhibited, although no outbreak has taken place s i nce Fri. day. Every day large numbers of the men refuse to work, alleging as an excuse that not sufficient food under the neW dietary system is given them to keep their strength up. 011 Tuesday a largo body of men refused to leave their sheds after dinner and resume work, and it was not until the aid of the military was obtained that they would resume work. Almost every hour men aro marched back handcuffed to the prison, and from inquiries we have made we aro informed that about 230 have turned refractory and are now confined in their cells. The ringleaders of the riot on Tuesday are recovering from the iejuries which they received at the hands of the civil guards. It was expected that on Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday the men would again turn muti nous, as a number of them were severely whipped on thoso days, but such was not the case. This ;is no doubt attri butable to the fact that the guards have t eceivcd orders to fire upon the convicts should another outbreak take place, and also to the excellent arrangements which have been made by Captain Clay, the governor of the prison, ol d Captain DuCane, director of convict prisons, the latter of whom is now engaged in instituting inquiries respecting th e outbreak, and in awarding punishment to the evildoers . Every precaution has been taken to suppress a revolt should one unfortunately take place, two detachments of the 64th Regiment being stationed in the vicinity of convict labour , one overlooking the batteries on the east side of the island and the other near the West Quarry, where the o utbreak on Tuesday com mence d. I n a ddi t i on to thi s f orc e there is a strong picket o f th e c i v il guar d i n th e tower should the ir assistance be neelcd. 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